This Week in Data Science (September 27, 2016)

Posted on September 27, 2016 by cora Here’s this week’s news in Data Science and Big Data. Don’t forget to subscribe if you find this useful! Interesting Data Science Articles and News How Open Data Is Making Our Cities More Efficient – A new collaboration between the EU and Japan is looking to support the development of smart cities with a cloud-based shared platform Self-Driving Cars Gain Powerful Ally: The Government – Uber, the ride-hailing giant, began trials in Pittsburgh last week using driverless technology. The government’s new guidelines for autonomous driving will speed up the rollout of self-driving cars, experts said. MIT aims to make sense of Twitter’s presidential debate firehose – Using machine learning, Electome researchers analyze public’s debate conversations Like a gym membership, data has no value…